Nail art tools painting methods of nails using the same

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a nail art tool, including a plurality of manicures or nail art paints ( 10 ) having various colors, an image plate ( 12 ) having a plurality of image recesses ( 14 ) engraved with various patterns or letters, a blade unit ( 16 ) to evenly trim the manicure or nail art paint ( 10 ) in the image recess ( 14 ) of the image plate ( 12 ), and a stamp ( 18 ) to carry the manicure or nail art paint in the image recess of the image plate and then stamp the manicure or nail art paint on the fingernail or face of the user. Also, there is disclosed a method of providing nail art using the nail art tool. The current invention allows users to easily and quickly paint their nails or faces with various decorative patterns, letters or other designs at a low expense so as to express their personalities and characters.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to nail art tools and paintingmethods of nails using the same, and more specifically, to a nail arttool for use in printing a variety of decorative patterns or letters onfaces or fingernails of users to express their personalities andcharacters, and a method of providing nail art using the same.

[0003] 2. Description of Related Art

[0004] In recent years, the younger generation has increasinglyexpressed the personality by means of a variety of accessories, which isevolved to be a kind of youthcult.

[0005] Particularly, as for the young women, various decorative patternsor letters are printed on their fingernails to reflect theirpersonalities, instead of simply manicuring.

[0006] However, since users have difficulties in painting desiredpictures on their nails without assistance, they are subjected to nailart painting at a high expense for the service of the nail art painting.In addition, nail seals printed with various decorative patterns orletters may be separately used.

[0007] Thus, there are proposed devices for use in selecting a desiredpattern among various patterns stored in a memory unit thereof andprinting the selected pattern on fingernails of the users. However, suchdevices are costly, and have difficulties in use because they aremounted to a predetermined position and then cannot be moved freely.

[0008] Further, the users frequently wash their hands including thenails that are printed with the patterns or letters, whereby the printedpatterns or letters may be easily removed while being not maintainedeven for a few days. Hence, the nail art effects in comparison with thehigh price become insignificant.

[0009] On the other hand, in various play lands or sports stadium, facepainting is in fashion with children or teenagers. As such, personsskilled for such painting manually paint the pictures on faces of thosewho want to be face painted, thus requiring long periods. Consequently,many people who want to be face painted cannot but wait for the longperiods or cannot be face painted. Further, since the persons to bepainted are in the stationary state, it is difficult to provide a facepainting as a pleasant experience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0010] Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to alleviatethe problems encountered in the art and to provide a nail art tool, foruse in easily and quickly printing various decorative patterns orletters on a face or fingernails of a user, to show the personality ofthe user.

[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide a nail arttool, for use in easily and quickly printing various decorative patternsor letters on a variety of accessories including mobile phones,handkerchiefs or scarves, as well as face painting, to express thepersonality of the user.

[0012] Still another object of the present invention is to provide amethod of providing nail art using the nail art tool.

[0013] To achieve the above objects, there is provided a nail art tool,for use in printing a predetermined pattern or letter on a fingernail orface of a user, comprising: a plurality of manicures or nail art paintshaving various colors; an image plate having a plurality of imagerecesses engraved with various patterns or letters; a blade unit toevenly trim the manicure or nail art paint in the image recess of theimage plate; and a stamp to carry the manicure or nail art paint in theimage recess of the image plate and then stamp the manicure or nail artpaint on the fingernail or face of the user.

[0014] In addition, there is provided a method of providing nail art,for use in printing a predetermined pattern or letter on a fingernail orface of a user, comprising: a first step of selecting a predeterminedimage recess among a plurality of image recesses on an image plate,followed by selecting a predetermined manicure or nail art paint havinga predetermined color among a plurality of manicures or nail art paintshaving various colors and then applying the predetermined manicure ornail art paint having the selected color in the selected image recess ofthe image plate by use of a brush; a second step of evenly trimming anupper surface of the manicure or nail art paint in the selected imagerecess of the image plate by use of a blade unit; a third step oftransferring the manicure or nail art paint in the selected image recessof the image plate to a stamp; and a fourth step of stamping themanicure or nail art paint having the selected image on the fingernailof the user.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] The above and other objects, features and other advantages of thepresent invention will be more clearly understood from the followingdetailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

[0016]FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a nail art tool of thepresent invention;

[0017]FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the nail art tool inuse, according to a first step of a method of providing nail art of thepresent invention;

[0018]FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the nail art tool inuse, according to a second step of the method of providing nail art ofthe present invention;

[0019]FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the nail art tool inuse, according to a third step of the method of providing nail art ofthe present invention;

[0020]FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the nail art tool inuse, according to a fourth step of the method of providing nail art ofthe present invention; and

[0021]FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the completed nail artusing the nail art tool of the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0022] Reference should now be made to the drawings, in which the samereference numerals are used throughout the different drawings todesignate the same or similar components.

[0023]FIG. 1 illustrates a nail art tool according to the presentinvention. As shown in FIG. 1, the nail art tool includes a plurality ofmanicures or nail art paints 10 having various colors, an image plate 12having image recesses 14 engraved with various decorative patterns orletters, a blade unit 16 to evenly trim the manicure or nail art paint10 applied to the image recess 14 of the image plate 12, and a stamp 18to carry the manicure or nail art paint 10 in the image recess 14 of theimage plate 12 and then stamp the manicure or nail art paint 10 on thefingernails or the face of the user.

[0024] The manicure or nail art paint 10, the image plate 12, the bladeunit 16, and the stamp 18 are separately provided, and thus, arepackaged and sold in a single product. As such, the manicure or nail artpaint 10 and the image plate 12 may be bundled in a predeterminednumber, and then sold.

[0025] By use of the above nail art tool, a method of providing nail artis described, below.

[0026] As shown in FIG. 2, a desired image recess 14 is selected among aplurality of image recesses on the image plate 12, after which apredetermined manicure or nail art paint having a desired color isselected among the plurality of the manicures or nail art paints 10having various colors and then applied to the selected image recess 14of the image plate 12 by use of a brush 10-1.

[0027] As can be seen in FIG. 3, the manicure or nail art paint 10 inthe selected image recess 14 of the image plate 12 is evenly trimmed byuse of the blade unit 16, so that the upper surface of the manicure ornail art paint 10 is flush with the upper surface of the image plate 12.

[0028] In FIG. 4, the manicure or nail art paint 10 in the image recess14 of the image plate 12 is stamped on the bottom surface of the stamp18.

[0029] Finally, the manicure or nail art paint 10 having the desiredimage adhered to the stamp 18 is printed on the fingernail of the user,as seen in FIG. 5.

[0030] Thereby, the selected image is printed with the desired color onthe fingernail of the user, thus completing the nail art, as shown inFIG. 6.

[0031] Although the nail art aiming at printing various decorativepatterns and colors on the fingernail of the user is described, the faceof the user may be painted according to the above procedure.

[0032] Further, portable goods, such as handkerchiefs or scarves, aswell as various accessories including mobile phones, may be printed withthe images having different patterns and colors, according to the aboveprocedure, thus showing the unique personality of the user.

[0033] As described hereinbefore, the present invention provides a nailart tool and a method of providing nail art using the same,characterized in that various decorative patterns or letters can beeasily and quickly printed on the fingernails or faces of the youngergeneration who thinks the personality to be important, even though theyare not subjected to nail art or face painting for long periods bypersons skilled for nail art or face painting at a high expense,therefore saving time and expenses and easily expressing thepersonalities and characters.

[0034] Further, a variety of images having different decorative patternsand colors are printed on accessories including mobile phones,handkerchiefs or scarves, thereby enhancing the personality of the user.

[0035] Furthermore, various images having different decorative patternsand colors can be printed on the packaging paper, thus increasing thesense of beauty.

[0036] Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention havebeen disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art willappreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions arepossible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the inventionas disclosed in the accompanying claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A nail art tool, for use in printing apredetermined pattern or letter on a fingernail or face of a user,comprising: a plurality of manicures or nail art paints having variouscolors; an image plate having a plurality of image recesses engravedwith various patterns or letters; a blade unit to evenly trim themanicure or nail art paint in the image recess of the image plate; and astamp to carry the manicure or nail art paint in the image recess of theimage plate and then stamp the manicure or nail art paint on thefingernail or face of the user.
 2. A method of providing nail art, foruse in printing a predetermined pattern or letter on a fingernail orface of a user, comprising: a first step of selecting a predeterminedimage recess among a plurality of image recesses on an image plate,followed by selecting a predetermined manicure or nail art paint havinga predetermined color among a plurality of manicures or nail art paintshaving various colors and then applying the predetermined manicure ornail art paint having the selected color in the selected image recess ofthe image plate by use of a brush; a second step of evenly trimming anupper surface of the manicure or nail art paint in the selected imagerecess of the image plate by use of a blade unit; a third step oftransferring the manicure or nail art paint in the selected image recessof the image plate to a stamp; and a fourth step of stamping themanicure or nail art paint having the selected image on the fingernailof the user.